UNL has won a $3.5 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant promoting highway and railway safety. The award enables UNL to continue hosting the Mid-America Transportation Center, a four-state regional center researching various elements of transportation safety. Continue reading…
After mountains of waste were measured, the Huskers finished second among Big Ten peers in two key categories of the Environmental Protection Agency's Game Day Challenge 2011. More than 75 UNL volunteers helped recycle 6,880 pounds of waste after the Oct. 29 Michigan State football game. Continue reading…
UNL students Kelleen Browning, Raina Keel, Thomas McHale and Karina Pedroza have been named Gilman Scholars and will receive scholarships of up to $5,000 to study abroad. More than 2,700 students applied to become Gilman Scholars, with just under 900 earning the awards. Continue reading…
The university community is welcome to participate in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program’s spring colloquium series, which will focus on issues of masculinity. The series opens Jan. 18 when Marina Camboni talks about the use and abuse of manliness in the translation of Walt Whitman's work. Continue reading…
Robots are preparing to invade the NU State Museum. The temporary (and family-friendly) takeover, part of the museum's Sunday with a Scientist program, is 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Jan. 15. The event will feature UNL's Shane Farritor, mechanical and materials engineering students, and a variety of robots. Continue reading…
Quilts are talking through a new exhibit opening today at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. The exhibit features inscribed quilts crafted over a span of 100 years. Research into the inscriptions helps tell the stories of the people and historical context behind the quilts. Continue reading…
Director Aki Kaurismaki's charming, deadpan "Le Havre" opens today at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Also showing for a second week is Lars von Trier's "Melancholia." Both show through Jan. 19.
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